lumbermen who appeared before the commis- 

 sion were: A. B. Norman of the Norman 

 Lumber Compan>-. J. 1^. Berry. Mr. Klein of 

 the Louisville Veneer Company and John Frey 

 of Lortz & Frey Planing Mill Company. 



Minneapolis. 



Competition from the new hardw'ood mills in 

 northern Minnesota is beginning to be felt 

 in this market by dealers handling Wisconsin 

 and southern woods. Formerly it was sup- 

 posed that there was no hardwood worth 

 speaking of in Minnesota, and what there was 

 did not compare with that in Wisconsin. As 

 a rule it is rather inferior in quality, and as 

 long as liardwood prices were poor and low- 

 grade stock went begging, not much was done 

 to develop the hardwood tracts of Minnesota. 

 Present mai'ket conditions have encouraged 

 the establishment of mills, and several have 

 been built along new lines of railroad. Hard- 

 wood from these mills is beginning to appear 

 in considerable quantity in the Twin Cities. 

 It runs largely to low grade, for which there 

 is now a good market for box stuck, grain 

 doors, etc. There is not much oak, but con- 

 siderable birch and basswood. The basswood 

 is of better quality than the birch, but neither 

 run as high as Wisconsin stock, and for that 

 reason are offered at somewhat lower prices. 

 Buyers use these prices to bear the market 

 generally, and while manufacturers who in- 

 sist on uniform stock will not take the in- 

 ferior offerings, they are liaving their effect 

 on conditions locally. 



F. H. Lewis, the local wholesaler, says that 

 the demand for birch and basswood is now 

 quiet with him. due probably to the fact that 

 the principal users have stock enough on hand 

 fur their present needs, and will not buy to 

 any great extent until after the holidays. 

 Trade is fair in other lines of hardwood. 

 . Geo. S. Agnew, representing the B. Payson 

 Smith Lumber Company, is on a trip to the 

 trade at down-river points. A. S. Bliss, asso- 

 ciated with Mr. Smith, says they have an ex- 

 cellent run of trade, generally speaking, though 

 at present the local demand is comparatively 

 <juiet. The railroads are taking considerable 

 hardwood stock this fall. 



A. S. Bliss, Minneapolis representative of the 

 E. Connor Company of Marshfield, Wis., re- 

 ports trade in this section rather quiet, due to 

 the fact that the principal buyers have loaded 

 up with stock sufficient for their present needs. 

 The outlook, however, he considers excellent. 

 D. F. Clark of Osborne & Clark returned 

 last week from a business trip to Milwaukee, 

 Chicago and other hardwood centers. C. F. 

 Osborne reports conditions satisfactory, al- 

 though there is not much new business in 

 sight. 



P. W. Strickland of Barnard & Strickland, 

 this city, says the demand is temporarily 

 rather light, but everything indicates that 

 business will tax the available supply of hard- 

 woods before the winter is over. 



Ben Collins. Jr., representing the Mercan- 

 tile Lumber & Supply Company of Kansas 

 City, Mo., was in Minneapolis a few days ago 

 negotiating with railroads having headquarters 

 here for their orders for oak ties for switches. 

 W. H. Sill of the Minneapolis Lumber Com- 

 pany has returned from a trip to Ruby, Wis., 

 where he visited the plant of the Ruby Lum- 

 ber Company, manufacturer uf hemlock and 

 hardwoods, in which ills company lias an in- 

 terest. 



Minneapolis is to have a new wholesale dis- 

 tributing yard. The Jones Lumber Company, 

 of which Lieutenant Governor Ray W. Jones 

 is head, will be established at Columbia 

 Heights, on the Soo tracks just at the edge 

 of Minneapolis. , A general stock of lumber, 

 including western and southern woods and 

 hardwoods, will be carried, to cater to a mixed 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



car business. The company will also handle 

 certain retail trade in the city. 



I. P. Lennon of I. P. Lennon & Co. says 

 trade has improved noticeably in some items 

 of stock, but birch is quiet, and basswood is 

 harder to dispose of in this market than ever. 



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Wausau. 



Sol Wilkinson, a well known Wisconsin log- 

 ger, left Ashland recently for British Hon- 

 duras, w'here he will cut mahogany for the 

 C. C. Mengel & Bro. Company of Louisville. K.. 

 He took a crew of experienced men with him. 

 Negotiations are pending for the purchase 

 of a table and desk plant in Stevens Point 

 by Joerns Bros, of St. Paul and Sheboygan. 

 The price agreed upon is $7,000 for building 

 and machinery. Joerns Bros, at present oper- 

 ate plants in Sheboj-gan and St. Paul for 

 the manufacture of tables and folding beds. 



W. H. Dick of the Hatten Lumber Company. 

 New London, has gone to South Carolina on 

 an extended trip for the purpose of looking 

 over timber lands with prospect of buying. 

 He was accompanied by A. G. Meiklejohn of 

 the same company. 



The T. L'. Kellogg Lumber & Manufacturing 

 Company, Antigo, has sold its sawmill and yards 

 to the Worden Lumber Company of Grand Rap- 

 ids, Mich. The purchasers will take possession 

 about January 1. The latter Arm owns mil- 

 lions of feet of hardwood in the vicinity of 

 Jeffris, which will be cut and hauled by rail 

 to the Antigo mill. The Kellogg company wUl 

 continue to operate its hoop and hub mill, 

 also its plant at Polar. 



J. A. Fitzgerald of Tomahawk and P. H. 

 Cook of Oshkosh are planning to erect a saw- 

 mill at Harrison for the cutting of hardwood 

 timber. 



Geo. D. Booth, who has been employed as 

 lumber grader for Vollmar & Below, Marsh- 

 field, has decided to embark in business for 

 himself. He will handle job lots of hardwood. 

 Fay Cussick, Antigo, has gone to Bayfield, 

 where he has the contract for logging 4,000.- 

 000 feet of red oak. This tract is the largest 

 in the northwest and lies at the extreme north 

 of Bayfleld county. 



C. Krumrey. Neillsville, is getting ready to 

 log 400,000 feet of hardwood on lands in Clark 

 county. A sawmill will be erected for the 

 cutting of these logs. Others will be pur- 

 chased of farmers to insure a longer run. 



The Oberbeck Bros. Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, Grand Rapids, has purchased the ma- 

 chinery formerly used in the plant of the Dex- 

 terville Manufacturing Company, thereby in- 

 creasing capacity, and giving it opportunity 

 to manufacture tables. 



The Sawyer-Goodniaa Company, Marinette, 

 has purchased 1.100 acres of hardwood lands 

 in Florence and Marinette counties of the 

 widow of the late United States Senator 

 John L. Mitchell, Milwaukee. Senator Mitch- 

 ell purchased the lands fifteen years ago for 

 $8,000, but they sold to the Sawyer Goodman 

 Company for $25,000. The latter firm recently 

 purchased the sawmill of the Marinette Lum- 

 lier Company and will operate the same during 

 the winter. 



The Two Rivers Manufacturing Company, 



Two Rivers, bankrupt, has been reorganized 

 under the name of the Two Rivers Wooden- 

 ware Company and the factory, so long idle, 

 has been reopened. 



The Upham Manufacturing Company. 

 Marshfield, will operate four camps this win- 

 ter and will cut about 20.000.000 feet of logs. 

 Part of this will go to the plant of the Roddis 

 Veneer Company. 



The plant of the Comfort Passenger Car 

 Company, South Milwaukee, is closed after 

 running one year, during which time three 

 costly cars were built. One was shipped to 

 Alton, 111.; two are awaiting shipment, one 

 of which will go to Cologne, Germany. The 

 cars are elaborate in construction and detail, 

 resembling parlor observation cars. The body 

 is of steel and the interior is finished in quar- 

 ter sawed oak. They sell for from $2,200 to 

 $5,000. Herman Romunder, head of the com- 

 pany, is looking for a site elsewhere for the 

 plant. 



The Wisconsin Veneer Company, Rhine- 

 lander, has about completed its plant and will 

 begin operations Dec. 15. A total of 15.000 

 feet of oak. ash, birch and elm will be cut 

 up into veneer daily. 



Ashland. ■ 



Geo. R. Gilks of Richmond. Ind.. was here 

 last week. 



Vansant, Kitchen & Co. report business very 

 good. This firm is turning down orders right 

 along. R. H. Vansant is at Hot Springs. 

 Ark., for a month's stay, in hopes of benefit- 

 ing his health. 



A disastrous fire occurred at the plant of 

 the Leon Stave Works, Leon. Ky., on the 15th 

 inst., incurring a loss of $25,000. with no in- 

 surance. The dry kilns, sheds. 300.000 nail 

 kegs, and a large stock of raw material 

 were burned. The main plant was saved and 

 is again in operation. The owners are Messrs. 

 D. A. Leffingwell and Jas. H. Kitchen of this 

 city, and D. R. Carpenter of Morehead. 



C. Crane of Cincinnati was in Huntington. 

 W. Va., this week looking after his logs in 

 the Guyandotte river. 



W. H. Nigh of fronton. O.. has returned 

 from a trip to Mississippi, where he spent 

 several weeks hunting deer. 



The Nigh Lumber Company of fronton is 

 getting in some nfce walnut logs by rail. 



The store of the Yellow Poplar Lumber 

 Company at Coal Grove was burglarized and 

 a large amount of goods stolen. The watch- 

 man fired at the burglars, who returned the 

 fire, and things were lively for a time, but 

 no one was hurt. 



J. G. Ballard of the Ohio River Saw Mill 

 Company of Louisville, Ky., was In town this 

 week looking after poplar lumber. 



All of the mills along the Ohio river are 

 cut out and there is no prospect for getting 

 timber until February or March. 



Ashland lumber dealers are fortunate in 

 having good shipping facilities. On account 

 of this being a large receiving point quantities 

 of iron ore and coal are shipped in, giving 

 lumbermen the advantage of the outgoing 

 oars. 



Hardwood Market, 



(By HABDWOOD B£COBD 



Chicago. 

 Even the most pessimistic in the Chicago 

 jobbing trade is finding no fault with the 

 present demand for hardwoods. If he has the 

 stock he can .'^ell it at a fair price. Quite a 

 number of dealer.s in spite of their most earn- 

 est efforts, are short of oak. but the general 

 run of i-.orthern hardwoods is held in very 

 good supply in the local distributing yards. 

 There is a manifest local improvement in the 



Exclusive Mazket Beporters.) 



sale of maple, biieh and basswood, and even 

 beech is doing better than it has any time 

 this year. Yards show a good many low piles 

 and vacant spaces, and it is probable that 

 the average Chicago jobber will invoice less 

 stock on hand J.an. 1 than he has in many 

 years. 



The furniture manufacturers, who are en- 

 joying an excellent trade, are buying very 

 freely. The same can be said of the floor- 



